The practical, tangible way that we love one another is by showing hospitality to one another. The message was given on August 11, 2013 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, go to www.NewCityChurch.ca.

1. Today’s Scripture:
Romans 12 & 1 Peter 4
Pages 947 & 1016 in our guest Bibles.

2. What people really
want is “a cozy social
atmosphere above all
else… For those
seeking a refuge from
the world, the cup of
coffee they bought was
just the price of
admission….”

3. What people really
want is “a cozy social
atmosphere above all
else… For those
seeking a refuge from
the world, the cup of
coffee they bought was
just the price of
admission….”
“Starbucks is selling hospitality.”
~ Tim Chester, A Meal with Jesus

5. BE DEVOTED to one another
LOVE one another
SERVE one another
ENCOURAGE one another
PRAY for one another
WELCOME one another

6. “SHOW
HOSPITALITY
TO
ONE ANOTHER”
Romans 12 & 1 Peter 4

7. I appeal to you therefore, brothers,
Romans 12:1
by the mercies of God...

8. I appeal to you therefore, brothers,
Romans 12:1
by the mercies of God, to present
your bodies as a living sacrifice,
is your spiritual worship.
holy and acceptable to God, which

9. Do not be conformed to this world,
Romans 12:2
but be transformed by the renewal
of your mind, that by testing you
what is good and acceptable and
may discern what is the will of God,
perfect.

10. Love one another with brotherly
Romans 12:10
affection. Out do one another in
showing honor.

11. Contribute to the needs of the saints
Romans 12:13
and seek to show hospitality.

12. =
“...seek to show hospitality.”
Literally: “to strive after / to pursue”
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13. “...seek to show hospitality.”
Literally: “to strive after / to pursue”
NIV: “...practice hospitality.”
NLT: “Always be eager to show hospitality.”
Geneva: “...giving yourself to hospitality.”
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14. Above all, keep loving one another,
1 Peter 4:8
earnestly, since love covers a multi-
tude of sins.

15. “There is nothing in
this world like self-
sacrificing, genuine,
Christian love to
encourage, inspire,
comfort, and build
others up.

16. “But how, in practical,
down-to-earth terms,
do we show more
genuine, Christian
love and community?
One clear answer is
hospitality.”

17. Above all, keep loving one another,
1 Peter 4:8-9
earnestly, since love covers a multi-
tude of sins. Show hospitality to
one another....

18. “Hospitality involves
WELCOMING,
CREATING SPACE,
LISTENING, PAYING
ATTENTION, and
PROVIDING.
Meals slow things
down. Some of us don’t
like that. We like to get
things done.

19. “But meals force you to
be PEOPLE ORIENTED
instead of task oriented.
Sharing a meal is not
the only way to build
relationships, but it is
NUMBER ONE
on the list.”

20. The practical, tangible way
that we love one another
is by showing hospitality
to one another.

21. I don’t think most
Christians today under-
stand how essential
hospitality is to fanning
the flames of love and
strengthening the Christian
family. Hospitality fleshes
out love in a uniquely
personal and sacrificial
way.

22. Through the ministry of
hospitality, we share our
most prized posses-
sions. We share our
family, home, finances,
food, privacy, and time.
Indeed, we share our very
lives. So, hospitality is
always costly.

23. Through the ministry of
hospitality, we provide
friendship, acceptance,
fellowship, refreshment,
comfort, and love in
one of the richest and
deepest ways
possible for humans to
understand.

24. Unless we open the
doors of our homes to
one another, the reality
of the local church as a
close-knit family of
loving brothers and
sisters is only a theory.

25. 1
KILL THE
EXCUSES
excuses
image: mastertoolman

26. Carl F. H. Henry
Theologian & founding editor of Christianity Today
“CHRISTIAN HOSPITALITY
is a matter of
OBEDIENCE to God.”

27. Offer your home to God2

28. Pursue
hospitality
intentionally.
3

29. Pursue
hospitality
intentionally.
3
“Do not neglect
to show hospitality....”
~ Hebrews 13:2

30. Do for one
what you wish you could do
for everyone.

31. Expand your horizons.4
image: tiarescott

32. “He said also to the
man who had invited
him, ‘When you give a
dinner or a banquet, do
not invite your friends or
your brothers or your
relatives or rich
neighbors, lest they also
invite you in return and
you be repaid.
~ Jesus of Nazareth
Luke 14:12-14

33. “ ‘...But when you give a
feast, invite the poor, the
crippled, the lame, the
blind, and you will be
blessed, because they
cannot repay you. For
you will be repaid at the
resurrection of the just.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth
Luke 14:12-14

34. What if
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